Arthur W. Pink Collection Vol 1 includes three Arthur Pink
classics; The Divine Inspiration of the Bible, Profiting From The
Word, and Divine Healing: Is It Scriptural. "Christianity is the
religion of a Book. Christianity is based upon the impregnable rock
of Holy Scripture. The starting point of all doctrinal discussion
must be the Bible. Upon the foundation of the Divine inspiration of
the Bible stands or falls the entire edifice of Christian
truth.-"If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous
do?" (Ps. 11:3). Surrender the dogma of verbal inspiration and you
are left like a rudderless ship on a stormy sea-at the mercy of
every wind that blows. Deny that the Bible is, without any
qualifications, the very Word of God, and you are left without any
ultimate standard of measurement and without any supreme authority.
It is useless to discuss any doctrine taught by the Bible until you
are prepared to acknowledge, unreservedly, that the Bible is the
final court of appeal. Grant that the Bible is a Divine revelation
and communication of God's own mind and will to men, and you have a
fixed starting point from which advance can be made into the domain
of truth. Grant that the Bible is (in its original manuscripts)
inerrant and infallible and you reach the place where study of its
contents is both practicable and profitable." "There is grave
reason to believe that much Bible reading and Bible study has been
of no spiritual profit to those who engaged in it. We greatly fear
that in many instances it has proved a curse rather than a
blessing. This is strong language, we are well aware, yet no
stronger than the case calls for. Divine gifts may be misused, and
Divine mercies abused. That this has been so in the present
instance is evident by the fruits produced. Even the natural man
may take up the study of the Scriptures with the same enthusiasm
and pleasure as he might of the sciences. Where this is the case,
his store of knowledge is increased, and so also is his pride. Like
a chemist engaged in making interesting experiments, the
intellectual searcher of the Word is quite elated when he makes
some discovery in it; but the joy of the latter is no more
spiritual than would be that of the former. Again, just as the
successes of the chemist generally increase his sense of
self-importance and cause him to look with disdain upon others more
ignorant than himself, so alas, is it often the case with those who
have investigated Bible numerics, typology, prophecy and other such
subjects." "Divine healing?" Is it scriptural or unscriptural? This
is a question which it is not easy to answer in a single sentence.
Many passages on healing may be cited from God's Word, but that
raises the question of their interpretation-in accord with the
context and also in harmony with the general Analogy of Faith: as
it also calls for a careful examination of all inferences drawn
from and conclusions based upon those passages." Arthur Walkington
Pink was an English Christian evangelist and Biblical scholar known
for his staunchly Calvinist and Puritan-like teachings. Though born
to Christian parents, prior to conversion he migrated into a
Theosophical society (an occult gnostic group popular in England
during that time), and quickly rose in prominence within their
ranks. His conversion came from his father's patient admonitions
from Scripture. It was the verse, Proverbs 14:12, 'there is a way
which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death, ' which particularly struck his heart and compelled him to
renounce Theosophy and follow Jesus.
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